Dakers, C (Ed).
(2025)
Millionaire Shopping: The collections of Alfred Morrison, 1821-1897.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Millionaire Shopping is the first full, detailed and original account of the huge and unstoppable collecting and patronage of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) who was one of the most important but lesser-known Victorian collectors and patrons of the arts. Morrison was an obsessive; his collections evidence the extravagant deployment of limitless wealth. This wonderfully illustrated book includes images from public and private collections across the world, many of which have never previously been published. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and dedicated to a particular aspect of Morrison’s collecting and patronage. Morrison collected Old Masters and contemporary art, thousands of engraved portraits, autograph manuscripts, coins, medals and Imperial Chinese porcelain. His manuscript collection, the largest in private hands, included letters from Leonardo da Vinci and Jane Austen. He commissioned exquisite pieces from artists such as Charles Lepec and Plácido Zuloaga. He also commissioned furniture from Owen Jones, including the unique 'Alhambra' ceilings in his London house. On his Wiltshire estate, he bred prize-winning sheep and commissioned cottages from George Devey. Morrison’s collections were dispersed worldwide and the recent re-appraisal of his taste means that many of his prized objects are now worth millions of pounds.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Millionaire Shopping: The collections of Alfred Morrison, 1821-1897 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800089013 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800089013 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800089013 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Collection © Editor, 2025 Text © Contributors, 2025 Any third-party material in this book is not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence. Details of the copyright ownership and permitted use of third-party material is given in the image (or extract) credit lines. Every effort has been made to identify and contact copyright holders and any omission or error will be corrected if notification is made to the publisher. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Dakers, C. (ed.) 2025. Millionaire Shopping: The collections of Alfred Morrison, 1821–1897. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800089013 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Collecting, Patronage, Obsessive, Addictive |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10212997 |
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